American Red Cross encourages
blood donations leading into Labor Day weekend

PEORIA
- The American Red Cross continues to have an urgent need for blood donors
of all blood types to give before the Labor Day holiday, even after many
more donors stepped up to give following an urgent call issued in late July.
Donors with type’s O negative, B negative and A negative blood are
especially needed. (Click here
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EMDEN - The 3rd Annual ALS 5K to raise awareness of ALS/Lou Gehrig’s Disease
will be held on Saturday August 23, 2014 at the Stag-R-Inn, Emden. (Click
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Electronics
recycling held on the second Saturday of each month

Habitat
for Humanity Logan County will hold its monthly electronics
recycling collection on the second Saturday of each month
at the Habitat for Humanity warehouse located at 915 Woodlawn Road
between the hours of 9 AM and noon. The collection is offered free
of charge to the public. Habitat for Humanity Logan County continues
to collect televisions for recycling. (Click
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The Logan County Joint Solid Waste
Agency, in collaboration with the Lincoln Woman’s Club and the
Ardagh Group(formerly Verallia Saint-Gobain Containers), holds its
monthly glass collection on the second Saturday of each month thru
the summer at the Logan County Fairgrounds (use Main Gate entrance)
between the hours of 9 AM and noon. The collection will be cancelled
in event of inclement weather or extreme heat. (Click
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